Necrotising Fasciitis Diagnosis Failure and Claiming Compensation
If you or a loved one are struggling with the impact of necrotising fasciitis due to poor-quality medical care, it might be possible to make a claim for compensation. Contact Glynns Solicitors, specialists in medical negligence law.
The right to compensation
If substandard medical care causes a patient to suffer a worse long-term outcome than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care, the patient is entitled by law to claim compensation for their pain, suffering and financial losses.
For example, where the impact of the medical negligence has reduced the patient's capacity to earn a living, this reduction in income would be taken into account in a successful claim.
The threat of necrotising fasciitis
Necrotising fasciitis is a virulent soft-tissue infection that requires prompt diagnosis and emergency surgery.
As the infection spreads through the body, the degree of tissue loss and the damage to the patient's health increases rapidly. The only treatment for this appalling illness is to have all infected tissue surgically removed which, in itself, can cause further devastation and deformity.
Without treatment, necrotising fasciitis can be fatal and is associated with a very high mortality rate.
Consequently, a delay in diagnosis and subsequent treatment can be utterly life-changing. Often associated with the limbs, it is not unknown for a necrotising fasciitis patient to suffer the amputation of a limb such is the severity of threat from this infection.
Diagnosis
Necrotising fasciitis is, thankfully, a rare infection, meaning that diagnosis may not be obvious. However, a failure to consider the possibility of this shocking infection as the cause of a patient's symptoms may well be regarded as negligent.
The red flag symptoms of intense pain, swelling, redness and tenderness, especially in the region of a cut or injury to the skin should alert a medical professional to the possibility of this terrible infection. The patient may not be developing necrotising fasciitis but it is crucial that it is ruled out. Where a medical professional is uncertain as to their diagnosis, they should seek further specialist advice.
A failure to do so may be regarded as negligent.
Speak to a specialist
If you believe you may have been the victim of negligent medical care, contact us at Glynns Solicitors to talk to a medical negligence lawyer, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
Please call us free on 0800 234 3300 (or from a mobile 01275 334030) or complete our Online Enquiry Form.
Make An Enquiry
Why Choose Us
- Specialist medical negligence solicitors
- Free initial enquiries
- No win, no fee available
Reviews
Our Expertise
Helping Clients Across England & Wales
